Twin Towers Correctional Facility — Site of September 2024 Encounter
A federal monitoring report says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Barraza used force against Jeffrey Fairchild while Fairchild was walking away from him inside Twin Towers Correctional Facility in September 2024. The monitors described the takedown as swift and violent, and said Fairchild hit a metal window frame face-first before falling to the concrete floor. Fairchild’s family alleges the force broke his neck; they say he became a quadriplegic and died seven months later. His family is suing the county, Barraza and unnamed sheriff’s personnel, alleging excessive force and wrongful death.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles in September 2025 and seeks unspecified damages, according to the Los Angeles Times. Fairchild had been arrested on September 12, 2024, for violating parole tied to a 2022 criminal threat conviction. He was being held at Twin Towers when the encounter with Barraza occurred…